Lake Argyle

On my birthday morning Rod cooked me yummy pancakes before we hooked up our caravan and took the lovely scenic drive out to Lake Argyle. We drove through magnificent red mountain ranges before hitting the quaint township of Lake Argyle. We set up camp in the caravan park and ate lunch before heading to the store to watch a movie on the making of the dam wall in Lake Argyle. I was relieved when the bus finally came to pick us up to drive us to the boat ramp. We boarded the boat and took a scenic and informative trip around the enormous lake – Lake Argyle hold 21 times the volume of water as Sydney Harbour. As the sun was setting we anchored the boat and several people jumped in for a swim – the kids swam in the 25 degree water, but it wasn’t hot enough for us grownups. We drank champagne or beer, ate nibblies and watched the sunset – What a great way to end the day!



We went back to camp for a scrumptious bbq dinner and played international rules with my chocolate mud birthday cake (thanks to the Rees Family), no hands and the dirtiest face wins!

I had a great day with my family and new friends on my birthday – but still missed being at home with my family and wonderful friends. Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes, it was lovely to know I haven’t been forgotten.

Of course the following day was Daniel’s birthday. He received an early birthday present about 1 month ago – his new swag which he just LOVES. On the morning of his birthday, he got a new sleeping bag, LED hand torch and a DS game. But the best present of all was his abseiling outing. We drove the 75km back to Kununurra, where we boarded a boat, driving 1 hour up the Ord River to our abseiling destination. We all began quite anxious for our first few abseils – down 10m and 25m cliffs – but by the end we were all bouncing off the walls and had the most awesome afternoon, no doubt one birthday Daniel won’t forget!